Method of forming lids for cigar boxes



Nov. 25', 1930. A. A. ADAMs'oN METI'OD OF FORMING LIDS FOR CIGAR BOXESFiled July 17. 1928 lNvENToR I ZZHH, /ccamow lli ATTORNEY f patentedNov, 25,1930 Y -j j i, ,l i 1,782,799'

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UNITED STATES PATENT Torr-rica-.

" nLTAN A. ADAMsoN, or ROCHESTER, NEW Yoeri, AissreivorcgnrivrnsNAssiGnii/innra 'ro AUTOKRAFT BOX CORPORATION, or LIMA,.OHIQ,TACoRPoRafrIoN 0F DELA- T .WARE.. Tj T T METHOD or FORMINVG LIDS FOR`CIGAR BOXES Appiieauon ied'Ju1y 17,i92e. serial 110.293,402. j Thepresent invention relates to a method are placed in a box coveringmachine as, for T of forming lids for cigar boxes and an obinstance,such as known commercially as a ject thereof is to make it possiblevtocover Stokes and Smith machine. This machine the lids for two boxes byone covering? operbends T the edges "or marginal portions` 3 ation, thusreducing the cost of manufactureA` around the edges of `the blank 1 andin` con- "50s,

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j j tact with the opposite face of the blank l so' To this and otherends, the invention conthat the blank l then becomes completely covsistsof certain parts and combinations of ered on one face and has edgings onthe opparts, all of which will be hereinafter de-l posite face adjacentthe edges of the latter. scribed; the novel features being pointed outThe co-vered article is now divided trans- T55.;

` `in the appended claims. versely to produce two lids, as shown in Fig.In the drawings: 3, each having one faceentirely covered and Fig. 1shows a piece of fiat material from its oppositeface'covered at three ofits edges, j which two lids `are to be made positioned the fourth edge4t being exposed.` The cov` upon a covering sheet; Y ered facepreferably covers the outerA face 6.0.1 j Fig. 2 is an edge view oftheparts as arofa completed lid and may be provided with i rangedin Fig. l;i vany suitable advertising matter as indicated Fig. 3 shows one side oftwo lids after at 5. A hinging strip secures the lid to the they havebeen covered and separated; Y box body' and an edging strip f7 may bese-` 2 Fig. 4 is a sectional view through one of cured over the hingingstrip to the rear edge` the lids on the line Zi ---t, Fig. `3; Y of thelid and the top edgeof the rear wall Fig. 5Tis a vView of the other sideof one of the cigar box body 8.

ofthe lids.; and While, lin this instance, the covering is Fig. 6 is aperspective view of a cigar box shown as covering the outer face ofthelid,

, In cigar boxes the most general practice turned to utilize thecovering as a 'covering T v has been to produce the lid and the boxAsepafor the inner face of the lid. j i ,i T rately, then attach the lidto the box by a From the foregoing it `will be seen that jt is apparentthat the covering lid `may be hinging strip adhesively secured to theoutthere has been provided al method of form` er face of the box andthelid. `Thereafter ing'lids for cigar boxes by which two lids 75;. `thebox and lid are edged and by a separate may be simultaneously coveredand edged by operation a label is applied tothe inner face one operationon a box covering machine,`so

Tof the lid. T n that it is possible to obtain a lid with a label jAccording to this inventiona lid forming covering one face while threeof the edges on member or blank l of wood, card board or the oppositeface `are edged. other suitable material is provided of a size What Iclaim as my invention and desire sufficient to produce two lids. Thisblank to secure by Letters Patent is: then has one face adhesivelysecured to a l. The method of forming lids for cigar covering sheet 2,the covering sheet beingV boxes which comprises providing a blank of 40greater in size so that marginal portions the sizesufhcient to form twolids, providing s? 3 are provided projecting beyond all four a blank ofa size to project beyond all four sides of the blank V1, these marginalprosides of the first mentioned blank, securing jectingportions alsohaving an adhesive apthe two blanks `together so that the second Y pliedthereto. While in this condition the blank covers one face of the firstmentioned I lid forming member 1 and the covering blank blank anditsedges extend about the edges of the lirst mentioned blank and overthe opposite face of the blank of the first mentioned blank adjacent theedges of the latter, and dividing the article thus produced transverselyto provide t-Wo lids.

2. The method of forming lids for cigar boxes which comprises providinga rigid blank of the size sulificient to form two lids, providing a thinflexible blank to project around the outer edges of said lirst mentionedblank, applying the thin .blank to the rigid blank to cover one faceofthe latter and edge portions of the other face, and dividing the articlethus obtained into two covers.

ALLAN A. ADAMSON.

